1754 – Martin Folkes, English antiquarian and mathematician, dies at 63
1880 – Texas Jack Omohundro, American frontier scout, actor, and cowboy, dies at 33
1913 – Manoel Ferraz de Campos Salles, Brazilian lawyer, politician (President of Brazil, 1898-1902), and coffee grower, dies at 72
1914 – Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and his wife Sophie are assassinated in Sarajevo by young Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip, leads to declarations of war in WWI
1915 – Victor Trumper, Australian cricket batsman (48 Tests, top score 214; key figure foundation of rugby league in Australia), dies of Bright’s disease at 37
1965 – (Ernest) “Red” Nichols, American jazz cornetist, composer and jazz bandleader (His Five Pennies – “Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider”; “Bugler’s Lament”), dies of a heart attack at 60
1981 – Floyd “Candy” Johnson, American jazz saxophonist (Andy Kirk; Count Basie; Bill Doggett), and educator, dies at 59
1994 – (Fredericka) “Fredi” Washington, American stage and screen actress (Black and Tan), writer, and civil rights activist, dies at 90
2006 – George Unwin, British WWII fighter ace (b. 1913)
2024 – Orlando Cepeda, Puerto Rican Baseball HOF first baseman (11 × MLB All-Star; World Series and NL MVP 1967 St. Louis Cardinals; NL Rookie of the Year 1958 SF Giants), dies at 86